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The alleged rift in the Nigerian security team follows the “normal Nigerian situation”: insubordination, ignorance, lack of integrity, lack of protocol, unpatriotic action, bloated egos leading to confrontation, and lack of respect. The truth will eventually emerge and the public will know why the defense minister has resigned or threatened to resign. The president has […]

My attention has been drawn to a letter sent to President Jonathan by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on 24 February, 2014, titled, “MR. PRESIDENT, CALL GOVERNOR SUSWAM TO ORDER NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” As much as the title of the letter is threatening enough, the content is much […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the extension of the closing date for the sale of application documents for the Computer Based Test (CBT) to Monday, 31st March 2014. According to a statement signed in Abuja by Public Relations Officer of JAMB, Mr. Fabian Benjamin, the extension is to afford for more […]

Chief Inengite Nitabai, the abducted cousin of President Goodluck Jonathan has been freed, according Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Hilary Okpara. The 70-year-old was kidnapped by gunmen numbering about 10, who broke into his house in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The armed men laid siege on the sprawling compound located just […]

These days, some news in the media elicit so much angst that you cannot help but laugh at the ineptitude that passes off as ministerial duties.  On the other hand, one wonders why some public officers think that some of us are so daft we have to be fed a daily dose of annoying materials. Even sacked ministers do […]

Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have put the casualty figure in the boat mishap that happened on Tuesday night in Lagos at 13, while only five survived. The 18 residents of the state were part of 23 passengers who were being transported on a boat from 6th Avenue to 4th Avenue in the FESTAC area of […]

Nigeria now offers the best destination for investments in Africa judging by the deepening of the privatization of state enterprises and investment in the development of critical infrastructure, Governor of Delta State governor, Dr. EmmanuelUduaghan has said. Speaking in London where he addressed British investors at the Institute of Directors (IOD), Uduaghan said the Nigerian […]

The Fedeal Government on Wednesday challenged suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to defend himself against the allegations raised against him by the report of the Financial reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN). Addressing State House correspondents on Wednesday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. […]

A midnight fire incident that occurred between Tuesday and early Wednesday has destroyed 17 shops at the Iponri Shopping Complex, Lagos State with shop owners and business people losing several millions of naira. The fire incident, according to witnesses, began at about 11.20pm on Tuesday and lasted into Wednesday morning while officials of the state fire service battled to put it out and officials of […]Read More

One time Military President and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to resolutely oppose the “selfish” people desperate to divide the country along ethnic and religious lines. In a statement released via his page on social networking site, Facebook, Buhari expressed his determination never to give in to […]

The battle for supremacy between National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki and newly sworn-in Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gasau may have led to the  alleged exit of the latter, exactly a week after his swearing-in. Although the Army, Navy and Air Force are supervised by the Ministry of Defence, which is headed by […]

Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan did not order the demolition of any property close to the yet-to-be commissioned structure built by the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) in Ugbuwangue, Warri, influential community leader and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the state, Prince Agindotan Yonwuren has said. Yonwuren made the […]